Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-23

Josiah Aliens children have beer
brought up to think that sin of any kind i.
just as bad in a man as in woman; anC
any place OF amusement that was bad for {
woman TO 60 to was bad for a man.
Now when Thomas Jefferson was littl,
fellow, he was bewitched TO go to circuses
and Josiah said, Better let him go. Sa.
mantha. It haint no place for wimmen OF
girls, but it won't hurt a boy."
Says |: Josiah Allen, the Lord made
Thomas Jefferson with just as pure heart
as Ilrzah Ann, and no bigger ewes and
ears, and if Thomas Jefferson goes to eircli,
Iirzah Ann goes too
That stopped that And then he was
/ bewitched to get with the other bows who
/ smoked and chewed tobacco. and Josiah
was just that easy turn that he would have
let him go, with EN-, but says /:
Josiah Allen, if Thomas jefferson goes
with those boys and gets to chewin' and
| smokin' tobacco, l shall buy Tirzah Ann a
pipe" And that stopped that
And about drinkin'," says !, "Thomas
Jefferson, if it should be the will of Proyi.
dence to change you into wild bear, |
will chain you up, and do the best | can
| by you. But if ever you do it yourself
turn yourself into a wild beast by drinkin',
| viii run away; for | never could stand
1t, neverw :" And," continued. &" if | ,yer
see you hangin' round bar-rooms and
tavern doors, Tirzah shall hang, too"
Josiah argued with me. Saws he
1t doesn't look so bad for a boy as it
does for girl
Says ], Custom makes the difference
we are more used to seeing men. But
says |, " when liquor goes to work to make
fool and brute of anybody, it don't stop
/ to ask about sex it makes a wild beast
and idiot of man or woman, and, to look
down from heaven, | guess man looks as
bad layin' dead drunk as woman does"
Says L: Things look differently from
up there than what they do to us-it is a
more slightly place. And you talk about
looks, Josiah Allen. ] don't go ON clear
looks; go on principle VIII the Lord
say to me on the last day: Josiah Aliens
| wife, how is it with the soul of Tirzah
Ann --, as for Thomas Jefferson's soul,
he being boy, it hain't of no. account p
No. shall have to give an account to
Him for my dealings with both of their
! souls, male and female And | should feel
guilty if | brought him up to think that
what was impure for woman was impure
for man. If man has a greater desire
to do wrong, which | won't dispute" says
|, lookin' keenly onto Josiah, she has
greater strength to resist temptation. And
so" says l, in mild accents, but firm as old
Plymouth Rock, IF Thomas Jefferson
hangs Tirzah Ann shall hang, too
| have brought Thomas Jefferson up to
think that it was just as bad for him to
listen to a bad story or song as a girl, OF
worse, for he had more strength to run
away, and that it was a disgrace for him to
talk or listen to any stuff that he would be
ashamed to have Tirzah Ann or me to
hear. | have brought him up to think
| that manlineSs don't consist in having q
cigar in his mouth, and his hat on one
side, and swearin' and slang phrases, and a
knowledge of questionable amusements
but in layin' holt of every duty that come:
, to him, with brave heart and cheerful
face; in helpin' to right the wrong, anG
protect the weak, and maxim the most anc
the best of the mind and soul God has
given him. In short, have brought hin
up to think that purity and virtue are
both feminine and masculine, and thai
Gods angels are not necessarily all sh.
! ones-SeLeefrd